NRS-19476 | Settlement purchase register [Walcha Lands Office]

This register contains a summary record of all Settlement Purchases in the Land District of Walcha, kept by the Walcha Lands Office.This was the main tenure by which acquired lands were made available under the Closer Settlement Acts from 1904 up to 1943. The term of a lease was twenty-eight, later forty years. The conditions were continuous residence during the term of the lease, and the enclosing of the holding within five years from the issue of the lease; the lessee was also required to conform to any regulations made regarding noxious animals and the clearing of scrub, and other such provisions as might be deemed expedient in the public interest.During the last year of the term the lessee could apply for that part of the lease on which the residence stood as a homestead selection, the area not to exceed 1280 acres. The holder of a settlement lease could, under the Crown Lands Act of 1908, convert such lease into a conditional purchase, or into a conditional purchase and conditional lease under certain provisions.The register records information such as the Settlement Purchase number, the name and address of the purchaser, name and address of transferee, date of selection, number of Gazette notice, locality of purchase (county, parish etc.), area of farm, price per acre, capital value, deposits paid, purchase money amount and date of payment, instalments of purchase money, interest account, postponed instalment account and any further remarks or notations.(Armidale, NE3/46). 1 vol.

本登记簿收录了沃尔查（Walcha）土地管理局存档的沃尔查土地辖区内所有定居购地（Settlement Purchases）的汇总记录。该购地模式是1904年至1943年间，依据《定居安置法案（Closer Settlement Acts）》出让获批土地的主要土地保有形式。租赁期限最初为28年，后调整为40年。相关条款要求承租人在租期内需持续居住，并需在租赁协议颁发后的五年内完成对所持地块的圈围；承租人还须遵守所有针对有害动物防治、灌木清理制定的法规，以及其他符合公共利益的相关规定。在租期的最后一年，承租人可申请将租赁地块上建有住宅的部分以宅地选划（homestead selection）的方式购得，该部分地块面积不得超过1280英亩。根据1908年《王室土地法案（Crown Lands Act of 1908）》，定居租赁的持有人可在满足特定条款的前提下，将该租赁转为附条件购地，或转为附条件购地与附条件租赁。本登记簿记录的信息包括：定居购地编号、买受人姓名与地址、受让人姓名与地址、选划日期、政府公报通知编号、购地地点（县、教区等）、农场面积、每亩售价、资产价值、已缴定金、购款总额与付款日期、购款分期情况、利息明细、递延分期款项明细，以及其他补充说明或标注。（档案来源：阿米代尔（Armidale），档案编号NE3/46），共1卷。